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does anyone else get nervous when the OP goes quiet for a couple of days?

Will do! We're still finding our feet. I really need a keys player but haven't found anyone yet, just got drums, guitar and sax.

I've been working on a new funk band and one tune we're trying to cover at the moment is Beastly. The main bass line sounds so simple but as soon as I started playing it I was stumped by the timing. I think I've got it now, but it's really made me pay attention to his timing. It's just so perfect! I was trying to find other players to inspire me, but I find them all inferior compared to Joe Dart. Am I in love? Is there anyone who can compare?

It depends on the image you're going for. Some band-images work with big ages differences, others don't

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1472216657' post='3119544'] Sure, if you want to sound nothing like Korn... [/quote] For that you just mic up a tambourine and put it through a Dod Meatbox

It's just so accepted in a lot of pubs and venues for the sound to be too loud. This is doing permanent damage to the hearing of everyone there not wearing ear plugs. We don't take this issue seriously enough IMO

I bought Viking pickups for my 6 string jazz I'd never heard of them but they were the only ones that'd fit easily (that I could afford). They sound fantastic

"punch" for me, would be transient attack, rather than frequency specific [quote name='blue' timestamp='1472179462' post='3119193'] ...Some songs are better suited with a clean Jameson sound... [/quote] Did he ever have a clean sound? I'm sure most of what I've heard has been heavily compressed and pretty driven

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1472160855' post='3119077'] So true. We eq for the room, drummers need to tune for the band. For me personally, cymbals are often the biggest volume problem too, washy ride cymbals and over hit crashes drilling through everyone's hearing. [/quote] Yes, definitely. Getting used to playing the drums quieter was fairly straightforward for me, although it took a lot of practise. Getting used to playing the crash cymbal quieter was very, very difficult. Smaller and thinner crashes help, as you can get more response without whacking it

muse, totally lost track of what they're up to now

I saw it on the suggestions on youtube, and I'm a massive Claypool fan* so I checked it out. I only lasted about 10 minutes. Maybe I should have given it longer? I really did not enjoy it at all *I saw him on his solo tour and it was one of my favourite gigs ever, and I've watched my Primus live DVDs several times etc.

I did used to do this as a kid for playing games on my PC, with a 1 x 15" peavey combo. Every time I shot a gun (in the game) the entire house shook ...but yeh, it wasn't exactly Hi-Fi

basically, yeh, he just needs to play to the overall mix, there should be no need for hot-rods ...but like I say it did take me a long time to feel confident playing quieter

no worries! To be honest for that sort of stuff you're probably better off programming the drums, otherwise you can spend hours and hours editing to get them "super tight" and then still end up using triggers. You should get a gig at The Rigger up this way!

very impressive for a home-mixed effort. A tad too much master compression, it just gets a bit mushy in the very loudest parts. Also I really don't like the artificial drum sound but I know that's pretty standard for this genre. It'd be nice if the bass was a bit more present in the high mids, I bet you've got a great tone buried in there. Whether or not that'd suit the genre... I probably would have given the vocals a mid cut, some distortion, and more reverb/delay I hope that helps a bit. Good work anyway! EDIT: On "Fight for your life" from about 2:30 to 2:40 can I hear a click track bleeding on to something on the left hand side? Sort that out if possible

I've had two 6 strings for years and swap between them a lot. I didn't realise until the other day when a mate played them that they have different string spacings. I've just never even noticed!

also, if the drum isn't well tuned, it won't be very responsive, and you might be tempted to hit them harder to get a sound out of it

I don't know if this helps, but I didn't really get to grips with this until I started playing without ear-plugs. I still wear them at gigs as it's essential (for most anyway) but practising without them really helped me keep the volume down, especially on the crash cymbals

if the same thing is happening with another amp it would be logical to assume the fault isn't with the amp, although obviously you might have a rare coincidence there

I play drums in a few bands. Drumming well, with the right feel, at low volume, was a big struggle for me for years. I think I've got there now. IME it's got nothing to do with the size of the drums. Actually I don't find hotrods any quieter, although I guess you do get less attack from the cymbals which will help. I've just gotten used to playing quietly, and I use huge sticks.

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cool! Sounds great too

cool!

It won't let me choose more than one?

it's a bit difficult to tell with the acoustic sound of the bass mixed in there. Out of my collection of dirt pedals, I'd try my tube screamer (high gain, low tone) and my danelectro french toast. Two very different pedals, but I reckon I could get close to that sound with either one.